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The correct spelling is decayed.
How to pronounce decayed
verb
IPA: /dɪˈkeɪd/
Say it like: Dec-aye-d
The correct spelling is decayed. To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality. For example: "The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street."
Usage Examples
“The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.”
“The cat's body decayed rapidly.”
“The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- 2.(of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
- 3.(of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
- 4.(of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- 5.Loss of airspeed due to drag.
adjective
- 1.Having undergone decay, rotted.
- 2.Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
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